Product Description
by Paresh Tiwari (Illustrator), Terri L. French (Author)
Keepers is a delightful romp through religion, rebellion and rambunctiousness. French's haibun offer an artful fusion of memory tied to parenting her two boys along with her imagination steeped in regional awareness of rural Alabama where she has lived for the last thirty years. The haibun capture the authentic voice of 11-year-old JT Blankenship and are reminiscent of Twain's Huck Finn. This collection of coming-of-age stories is strengthened by French's haiku, which have the power to stand on their own. Keepers is a book that will tickle the funny bones and pull at the heart strings of young and old alike.
Author Biography
Terri L. French is a poet, writer, and editor living in Huntsville, Alabama. She is the past Southeast Coordinator of The Haiku Society of America, and former editor of the online senryu journal, Prune Juice. Currently, Terri serves on the Board of Directors of The Haiku Foundation. This is her first haibun collection. Paresh Tiwari is a poet, artist, and editor from India. He is the resident cartoonist for Cattails, a journal of the United Haiku and Tanka Society. Paresh also serves as the haibun editor of the online literary magazine Narrow Road. He has published two collections of haiku and haibun, An inch of Sky and Raindrops chasing Raindrops.
